On the Imbalance of the Development of Chinese Development Zones Based on the Assessment of the Performance of Develop-the-West Strategies

This paper intends to assess the performance of the develop-the-west strategy from the standpoint of development zones' imbalance development. We tried to use the Theil index combined with the entropy theory to make a quantitative evaluation of the inequality of the development zones. The paper made an empirical analysis on the national-level development zones. The result shows that the eastern development zone is above the middle and western a lot. The inequality of the development zones displays an enlarging trend. The result told us the performance of the develop-the-west strategy didn't do the trick.